Box 1 1098-T wrong

[confussed]

I'm hoping someone can help.  My line 1 is correct, but my line 5 (scholarships) is the amount that my mother paid, using her credit card (I paid her).  It's not a scholarship.  I just don't have a credit card.  The school refuses to change the 1099 because someone besides me paid it.  What should I do?

[Hal_Al]

@confussed 

The 1098-T is only an informational document. The numbers on it are not required to be entered onto your tax return. 

If you claim the tuition credit, you do need to report that you got one or that you qualify for an exception (the TurboTax interview will handle this)

You claim the tuition credit, or report scholarship income, based on your own financial records, not the 1098-T. In the 1098-T screen, enter 0 in box 5.